Clothes-line fastener.



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CLOTHES LINE'FASTBNBR'. APPLIQATION ULEB Nov. 23, 1910.

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PETER SCHMIBT, OF STAMFORIJ, CONNECTICUT.

CLGTHES-LINE- FASTENER.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent. -v

Patented Apr. 13. 1911.

Application filed November 23, 1910. Serial No. 593,775.

To all whom itmayconcern: Be 1t known that I, PETER SCHMIDT, a citizenof the German Empire, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairiieldand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes- Line Fasteners, of which the following is aspecication.

- This invention relates toy a clothes line fastener of novelconstruction which pre- -vents the line ,from twisting, assists indistributing theweight, and permits any slack ness to be readily takenup.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 a. side elevation of my improvedclothes line fastener showing it in use; Fig. 2 a side view of thefastener on a larger scale, and Fig; 3 a cross section partly in viewthereof.

An inverted T-shaped trolley frame 10 is provided at the top of itsupright arm with ay pair of integral bearings or cheeks 11,.in which ishung the axle 12 of an ,overhead trolley pulley 13. The 'two horizontalarms of frame 10 terminate in a pair of eyes 14, v15, one of said eyes,say eye 15 being provided'with a finger or line rest 16 that eX-' tendslongitudinally outward from the lower portion of such eye. At the bottomthere is formed on frame 10, an integral central disk 17 constitutingthe relatively fixed member of a rope-clamp. F rom disk 17 depends ascrew bolt 18 carrying a perforated washer 19, which constitutes themovable member of the clamp. A winged nut Q0 engaging bolt 18beneath'the washer, permit-s the latter to be moved toward or away fromdisk 17.

In use thedevice is connected to a clothes line 21 by bringing pulley 13into engagement with the upper run of such line; One end of theline-preferably the one nearest the yard pole QQ-is then tied to eye 14.The other end of the line is passed over linger 16, wound once aroundeye 15 and is then clamped between the jaw members 17 19. In this waythe two ends of the line' are connect-ed to form the continuous lower lthe wash is being hung on the line between the house 23 and thefastener, the latter is gradually moved toward pole 22, by running theline in the usual manner through pulleys 2d, 25. During this movement,and also during windy weather, the fastener serves to prevent the linefrom twisting, while it moreover assists in transferring the weightyfrom the lower to the upper run. In case the line is to bev slackened ortightened, nut 20 is manipulated to release the same and permit thewproper adjustment to be effected. 4 t y It will be seen that 4when theline 21 ear ries the wash, it .will bear with considerable weightagainst the loop interposed between the main body of the line and finger16. In this way a friction brake will be formed that greatly relievesclamping device 17, 19, and checksy an accidental release of the line bythe latter when placed under heavy strain.

I claim:

A clothes line' fastener comprising a trolley frame composed of anupright arm and two integral'horizontal!arms extending in oppositedirections from said upright arm; an overhead pulley journaled in theupright arm, a line-clamping device at the lower side of the frameopposite the upright arm thereof, an eye formed on one of the hori-Vzontal arms to which the first end of a line may be permanentlysecured, and an eye and a fingerI extending outwardly and downwardlyfrom said eye formed on the other end of the arm, so that the second endof the'line may pass through said eye in the form of a loop that restsupon the linger and may then be secured to the holder vby theline-clamping device. t PETER SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

ALBERT PHILLIPS, FANNIE E. IVARDWELL.

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